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gewg_ writes:

The Center for American Progress reports

A federal judge has ruled in favor of a New York City policy that allows schools to ban unvaccinated kids from attending classes when another child has come down with a vaccine preventable illness, the New York Times reports(paywalled).
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Nicole Phillips, the mother of two[...], explained when she sued back in 2012. "We'd rather rely on our natural immune system and our faith in God. This is about my children's rights."

Judge William F. Kuntz II of the Federal District Court in Brooklyn disagreed with that argument, determining that the Supreme Court has "strongly suggested that religious objectors are not constitutionally exempt from vaccinations" and concluding that the city's strict vaccine guidelines are in place to safeguard its residents' well being.
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the judge cited a 1905 Supreme Court ruling upholding a fine for a Massachusetts man who refused to get vaccinated during a smallpox outbreak